Although I remain sympathetic to the narrative behind the notion of “History of Knowledge,” I argue against redrawing the disciplinary boundaries around “knowledge,” as opposed to retaining the term “science.” This is not because I think there is no place for a “history of knowledge,” and not because I am concerned that such a redrawing of disciplinary boundaries would open the floodgates of “anything goes.” Rather, I am doubtful that problems of demarcation and exclusion can be resolved solely by changing a name. I draw on my personal experience as an East Asianist to suggest that the challenges I faced trying to fit into the community of historians of science and technology would not have been solved by renaming the discipline. At the same time, I also argue that changes can and do happen without a change of name. And finally, I maintain that the word “science” has important connotations that we do not want to give up.

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什么是名字，什么不是

尽管我仍然赞同“知识史”概念背后的叙述，但我反对围绕“知识”重新划定学科界限，而不是保留“科学”一词。这不是因为我认为没有“知识史”的位置，也不是因为我担心重新划分学科界限会打开“任何事情都可以”的闸门。相反，我怀疑仅通过更改名称就可以解决划界和排斥问题。我利用我作为东亚主义者的个人经验表明，我在试图融入科学技术史学家社区时所面临的挑战不会通过重新命名学科来解决。同时，我还认为，无需更改名称即可而且确实会发生变化。最后，